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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
3
Local items report F L Harrington's Cedar Rapids trip A A Vaughn business in Anamosa and many Cedar Rapids visitors.mentions of social circle meetings livery sale by R S Mann and J Jenkins selling shop to S J Mills. Memorial and commencement events set with speeches and diplomas. five generation photo event. various visits and marriages in Monticello and Wyoming area.
Center Junction May 24. Miss Amelia Weir and Miss Marguerite McNeilly, daughters of Mr and Mrs John Me.
Ada and Sybil Walters visited Maquoketa on Monday while Paul returns home from Chicago medical studies. The Onslow high school commencement is set for June 1. Local events include county Sunday School convention, a ball game 3 to 5 favoring Onslow, and visits by several residents to relatives and friends. The Heavenly twins school pageant planned for June 1 features Yale students and a disguise prank that ends happily. Special music at the opera house with 25 cent admission.
Scotch Grove Iowa May 24 Mrs D O Sinclair ill several days Mrs Alex Sutherland attended the funeral of Mrs Winner in Monticello Tuesday Mr and Mrs G J Hughes and Mr and Mrs M M Sinclair visited Maquoketa Thursday in Mr Hughes auto The wind storm of last Friday.
Shipper D J Hogan sent stock to Chicago this week. Louis Lauser installs large new home windows. E F B Eileen recovers from illness. Mrs F D McLaughlin visits J A McLaughlin home last Thursday. John Stahlberg sells Rawleigh remedies through the area. S Pfeil has not been well. friends hope for a recovery. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Will Hiller but passed away. burial at Monticello. Chilmore lumber sawing built material for Hosford barn addition and for a corn crib for HE Fiben. John Rickels marries Miss Mary Ahlrichs at Lutheran church. Rev Naether officiates. Rickels and Ahlrichs are well known locals. couple praised as industrious and refined. May happiness and prosperity attend them.
J Conlin was in Dubuque last Friday and Mrs N J Leytem visits Davenport this week. Miss Mannie Pederson rests at home while J A Welter from Marshalltown visits relatives. Mrs Johanna Vogel visits Dubuque relatives as Mr and Mrs L M Roux were Wyoming visitors. J H Klinkner of Dyersville refits property here. Matt Welter returns to Martin County North Dakota. The K C initiation drew Margaret Donovan C D Baldwin and W J Dennimond to Galena Illinois. An auto alarm on Main street prompted a timely intercept near M F Barrett barn. Strong winds Friday night caused damage to trees and roofs near Bernard and the Phillips place now W S Kearney's.
George Schoon reshingling his barn and George Schoon with new Maxwell autos. John Bennen delivered hogs at Amber Monday. Haye Hayen transacted business in Monticello last Saturday. A Friday wind storm caused damage to dwellings and trees. John Zimmerman showed his new Moline car to visitors from Maquoketa. T A King, county farm steward, was overturned in the storm but unharmed on his way home from Monticello.
Red Faber former Cascade player and Pittsburg reserve pitcher is released to Minneapolis in the American Association. He welcomes the move for more playing time after serving in the reserve corps. John Miller a Worthington area farmer suffered a serious accident last week after being dragged nearly half a mile when thrown from a horse. one leg was broken and other injuries reported.
The notice directs readers to leave subscriptions for all German and English newspapers at D E Ponds office located over the Lovell State Bank.
In a special meeting May 20 1914 the Monticello board elected Maud Mellor for mathematics at sixty dollars monthly and chosen Emma Binggell Nellie Wales Florence Foley Mary M Weber for grades seven three four and six respectively and Viva Moore for music and drawing with the same salary.
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